A person died and two others were injured when a scooter they were riding on hit a parked truck in Belbari of Morang on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Bikram Rai (26) of Belbari-5.

Critically injured in the incident, Rai breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Biratnagar-based Nobel Teaching Hospital at around 1 am on Wednesday.

The body has been sent to the Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar for postmortem.

According to Morang Traffic Police Chief Inspector Raj Kumar Karki said that the two-wheeler (Ko 20 Pa 7645) hit the truck (Na 6 Kha 5544) at Betana in Belbaru Municipality-4 along the East-West Highway at around 11 pm yesterday.

Police said that Ranjan Chemjong (20) and Abhishekh Rai (22) of Miklajung Rural Municipality-3 of Panchthar were injured in the incident.

They are undergoing treatment at the Nobel Hospital.

A police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Belbari under the command of Inspector Khagendra Dhamala rounded up truck driver Abinash Kumar Khawas of Sundharharaicha Municipality-2 of Morang immediately after the incident.

According to a preliminary investigation, the scooter hit the truck as Rai was found riding the two-wheeler under the influence of alcohol.